Shaman Healing macro.

[Golle]

Hello.

Before you start complaining and telling me to search the forum i tell you that i make this thread, mostly because i want to make another version of the healing spells that exist, I also want to understand exactly how macro's work.

Ok, I want my macro to:
1. I want to heal my focus' target's target (the one whom the mob is attacking)
2. If my focus have no "harm" target, heal his target. (target=focustarget)
3. If i have no focus, heal my target.
4. if i have no target, heal myself.

I post my macro below, this is as far as i've been able to get. And it's not working properly:
/cast [target=focustargettarget]Lesser Healing wave;[target=focustarget]Lesser Healing wave;Lesser Healing wave

Well, I've been googling tutorials all night long but I just can't make it work.
You help appriciated.

[Otlecs]

Aren't you just missing "help" modifiers on the conditionals ("[target=focustarget-target, help]")?

I don't use focus the way you do (though many people do), but for reference here's the healing macro I use:

#showtooltip Lesser Healing Wave
/cast [help] Lesser Healing Wave [target=targettarget, help] Lesser Healing Wave [target=focus, help] Lesser Healing Wave [] Lesser Healing Wave

Translation:

If my target is friendly, heal them.
If my target's target is friendly (i.e. I have a bad guy targeted), heal them.
If I have a focus set, and they're friendly, heal then (handy for cross-healing)
If all else fails, just heal myself.

[Golle]

aha, but what exactly do the "help" thingy do? i've tried to use "noharm" but without result, but ok im going to try with "help".

Thank for your help.

[Djarid]

for info on all macro options see http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro

but basically, noharm != help in the same way that not white != black

harm means you can harm the target... noharm means you CAN'T harm the target, it doesn't mean you can help it... it could be dead, banished, in another zone etc

help means you can help the target with beneficial spells